"For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them."

-- Itzhak Perlman

#Children Quotes #Prodigies Quotes #Heard Quotes

“My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on calling my brother Dermot - a good Irish name - until she died; I was just known as wee one.”

Source : "Natascha McElhone: my family values" by Victoria Lambert, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2009.
“Madonna is a pro. I don't like her and have no respect for her but- I don't think she should be called a musician or a dancer or whatever you know, but I do have, well I do have respect for her ability to completely manipulate the media and have them work for her.”
“I was dating this guy and we would spend all day text messaging each other. And he thought that he could tell that he liked me more because he actually spelt the word 'YOU' and I just put the letter 'U'.”
“Connectivity doesn't just mean you get a lot more chances to deliver messages about customer service and pricing plans. This isn't one-sided. It enables people to talk back.”
“Mind is a most delicate evidence. Not a soul has seen it yet.”

Source : Richard Eberhart (1965). “Selected poems, 1930-1965”
“This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands.”
“I believe that everything you've said is not even wrong.”

Source : Frank Wilczek (2009). “The Lightness of Being: Big Questions, Real Answers”, p.175, Penguin UK
“The real issue lies in the North beyond the Wall. Stannis becomes one of the few characters fully to understand that, which is why in spite of everything he is a righteous man.”

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